Nervous System Regulation Assessment | The Healership Academy
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Welcome to The Healership Academy
The work behind the work begins here.
Before anything else, you need to know where you actually are. Not where you wish you were. Not where you think you should be. Where you are, right now, in your body.
The Nervous System Spectrum
There are four states. Most leaders don't know which one they're in.
Your nervous system is not simply "stressed" or "relaxed." It exists along a spectrum of regulation, each state with its own physiology, its own patterns, and its own implications for how you lead, love, and live. This is where we start.
Regal Regulated
Embodied Coherence • Top 1%
Ventral Vagal Dominance
Optimal
Semi-Permanent Regulated
Deeply Attuned • Reliable Home Base
Strong Vagal Tone
Strong
Mid-to-Moderate Regulated
Hypervigilant Baseline • Constant Monitoring
Low Vagal Tone
Effortful
Frazzled / Burnt
Stage 4-5 Burnout • Crisis State
Dorsal Vagal / Freeze
Depleted
Why This Matters
You cannot lead others sustainably from a place you haven't visited yourself.
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Your nervous system state shapes every decision you make, every relationship you're in, and every moment of leadership you offer. It is the invisible architecture of your work.
02
Dysregulation is not weakness. It is your system doing exactly what it learned to do to keep you safe. Understanding it is the first act of compassion you can offer yourself.
03
Your current state is not permanent. Nervous system regulation can be earned, deepened, and embodied. The body that got you here can also get you home.
04
The work behind the work is always relational, and the first relationship that needs tending is the one you have with yourself. Everything else follows from there.
05
Your nervous system state is neurologically contagious. Co-regulation is not a metaphor — it is physiology. Research consistently identifies psychological safety as the single highest predictor of team performance, and psychological safety begins in the body of the leader.
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Burned-out employees are 2.6 times more likely to leave their employer (Gallup). When the leader is dysregulated, turnover cascades. Nervous system health is not a personal indulgence. It is the foundation of organizational retention, culture, and sustainable performance.
The Assessment
Leadership Burnout Calibration Questionnaire
This assessment is an invitation to truth-tell. Read each statement and respond based on your actual lived experience over the past 30 days. There are no right answers here, only honest ones.
Notice what comes up in your body as you read. That noticing is already part of the practice.
0
Never / Not at all
1
Rarely / Occasionally
2
Often / Frequently
3
Almost always / Consistently
1
Stress Response & Recovery
8 questions • max 24 points
0 / 24
2
Physical & Somatic Indicators
10 questions • max 30 points
0 / 30
3
Emotional Regulation & Mental Clarity
9 questions • max 27 points
0 / 27
4
Relational Capacity & Boundaries
8 questions • max 24 points
0 / 24
5
Presence & Environmental Awareness
8 questions • max 24 points
0 / 24
6
Recovery & Self-Regulation Practices
7 questions • max 21 points
0 / 21
Questions answered
0 of 50
Running total
0 / 150
Your Nervous System State
0/ 150
Regal Regulated
Your results are an invitation, not a verdict.
FrazzledMid-ModerateSemi-RegulatedRegal
The Root of Everything
It all begins with your relationship with yourself.
Your nervous system is not separate from your relationships, your leadership, or your work. It is the medium through which all of it flows. And the origin of your nervous system's patterns is always, always relational. It begins with how you learned to be in the world, and it can be healed through learning to be in a new kind of relationship, beginning with yourself.
"The work behind the work begins with understanding your nervous system."
The Next Step
Let's talk about what this means for you.
Your results are a starting place, not a destination. A 15-minute call gives us a chance to look at where you are, what you need, and whether The Healership Academy is the right container for your next chapter. There is no pitch. There is no pressure. Just a real conversation.
Understand your results in the context of your actual life
Get clear on your most important next step
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